A Christian special envoy to the U.N. has urged Trump to cut funding for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after it declared Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem to be "null and void."
Christian human rights lawyer Li Heping still remains in detention even after a Chinese court gave him a four-year reprieve on his three-year jail sentence on Friday.
As the Islamic State increases its efforts to attack Egypt's Coptic Christians, the terror group is also seeking to impose its own version of Islamic law along the country's border with Gaza.
Ashers Baking Company, a bakery owned by a Christian couple, has reportedly refused to bake an engagement cake that contains a slogan celebrating same-sex marriage.
A Christian pastor from the U.S. has been included in Denmark's first list of foreign "hate preachers" who are banned from entering the country.
Pakistan's Supreme Court has denied the request for an early hearing of the appeal of Asia Bibi, a Christian mother who was sentenced to death over allegations of blasphemy.
A Sharia court in Nigeria has forced the 16-year-old daughter of a Christian church leader to convert to Islam and marry her Muslim boss.
It took a former monk more than 50 years to build a cathedral from scratch in the Spanish town of Mejorada del Campo, near Madrid's Barajas airport. However, the Catholic church does not seem to be interested in using the building as a place of worship.
Violent attacks against Christians in India have increased at an alarming rate in 2016, with one attack occurring every 40 hours, according to a new report.
Pope Francis has denounced religious extremism during his visit to Egypt, but he encouraged the country's persecuted Christians to show extremism only in forgiving those who committed wrongdoing against them.
A prominent Christian human rights lawyer has been convicted by a Chinese court of subverting state power in a secretive trial in China's northern Tianjin municipality on Friday.
Director Alejandro Monteverde, best known for “Sound of Freedom,” is bringing the Nativity to the big screen this Christmas season with “Zero A.D.: The Birth of Christ,” a biblical epic highlighting the courage and faith behind the birth of Jesus. Distributed by Angel Studios, the drama-thriller opens in theaters Dec. 11 and depicts Mary and Joseph’s struggle to protect the newborn Messiah amid political turmoil.
The Anglican Diocese of the Western Gulf Coast has chosen the Rev. Paul Donison as its next bishop, ending months of uncertainty following an inconclusive election in May. The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) announced Wednesday that the Texas-based diocese elected Donison on Nov. 7.
Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice-elect Maggie Ellis has announced plans to overturn a rule protecting judges who decline to officiate same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
A law that came into effect this year gives the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) increased powers to restrict religious practice even as several Christians remain imprisoned for carrying out their ministries, according to an advocacy group’s new report. In the past year freedom of religion in China has deteriorated with the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress coming into effect on July1.
Several pastors affiliated with the Calvary Chapel movement have publicly criticized Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa’s affirmation of women serving as pastors, following an announcement by Char Brodersen at the church that once served as the movement’s flagship congregation. The Calvary Chapel Association (CCA), through its Heartland Regional Team, reaffirmed its opposition to appointing women as pastors or elders.